Waste basket holder



' Aug." 18, 11-970 A. C. PRESTON.

WASTE BASKET HOLDER 5 SheetsSheet 1 Filed April 30, 1968 ALTON C. PRESTON ATTORNEY FIG. 2.

3 Sheet s-Sheet 3 A. C. PRESTON WASTE BASKET HOLDER Aug. 18 1970 Filed April so, 1968 INVENTOR ALTON C. PRESTON ATTORNEY FIG.5.

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' WASTE BASKET HOLDER Filed April 30, 1968 3 SheetsSheet 5 WNW L IE IS I4 15 ALTON c. PRESTON nyyfzv WWW ATTORNEY United States Patent Oifice 3,524,692 WASTE BASKET HOLDER Alton C. Preston, 2506 Montana St., Carlsbad, N. Mex. 88220 Filed Apr. 30, 1968, Ser. No. 725,309 Int. Cl. A47b 88/02, 88/18 US. Cl. 312-322 9 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A waste basket holder including a tray supported by tracks for movement relative to a cabinet compartment between a retracted position within the cabinet and an extended position outwardly of the cabinet. A rack attached to the tray cooperates therewith in supporting a waste basket and a second receptacle for holding extra bags. The rack is secured to a closure panel of the cabinet which closes an opening of the cabinet through which the tray and rack move between extended and retracted positions and provides a means for manipulating the tray and rack. A slight rocking movement of the tray and rack during movement from a fully closed to an open position causes rollers of the tray to ride against upper rails of the tracks and to engage stops to obstruct movement of the rack and tray before a fully opened position is reached. A slight rocking movement of the tray and rack in an opposite direction permits the rollers to pass under the stops and move on to engage ramps at forward ends of the tracks to enable the rack and tray to swing downwardly when in a fully opened or extended position.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to the art of reciprocating racks or holders supported for movement relative to a cabinet between a closed or storing position in which the rack or holder and its contents are concealed within the cabinet and an open position outwardly of the cabinet and in which the contents of the rack or holder are accessible to the user.

The prior art discloses holders or racks mounted for travel into and out of a cabinet compartment and supported by rollers traveling in or on tracks.

SUMMARY A primary object of the present invention is to provide a holder for a waste basket mounted for movement on tracks between a retracted position, concealed within a cabinet, and an extended open position, and wherein the weight of the holder and its contents will cause it to rock slightly during its movement toward an open position, so that rollers which engage the tracks will strike stops to interrupt outward movement of the holder before it has reached a fully open position.

Another object of the invention is to provide such a structure wherein the holder can be manually rocked slightly in the oppossite direction by an upward force exerted thereon to permit the rollers to pass under the stops, to enable the holder to then be moved to a more fully extended position.

Still a further object of the invention is to provide ramps formed in the tracks and disposed to be engaged by the rollers as the holder reaches a fully open position to enable the holder to rock downwardly and into a position to permit the waste receptacle supported thereby or the contents thereof to be readily removed from the holder.

Another object of the invention is to provide a unique construction of tracks for movably supporting the holder tray and wherein the formation of the ramps provide 3,524,692 Patented Aug. 18, 1970 openings through which the rollers may pass for disconnecting the tray and rack from the tracks or for connecting said parts thereto.

Various other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter become more fully apparent from the following description of the drawings, illustrating a presently preferred embodiment thereof, and wherein:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a fragmentary side elevational view, partly in vertical section, showing the holder in open position relative to a cabinet in which it is mounted;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 2-2 of FIG. 3, and showing the holder in a closed position;

FIG. 3 is a vertical sectional view, partly in side elevation and partly broken away, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 33 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 4-4 of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 5-5 of FIG. 2.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary cross sectional view, taken substantially along a plane as indicated by the line 6-6 of FIG. 3;

FIG. 7 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view, illustrating certain of the parts in a fully extended position of the holder;

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view of one rear corner of the holder tray, and

FIG. 9 is a fragmentary perspective view looking toward the inner side of the forward end of one of the tracks.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring more specifically to the drawings, the waste basket holder in its entirety and comprising the invention is designated generally 10 and includes a tray 11, a basket rack 12 and tracks 13 and 14.

The tracks 13 and 14 each includes a bottom flange or rail 15, a top flange or rail 16 and an outer vertical side wall 17 which is disposed at right angles to the flanges -15 and 16. The bottom flanges 15 rest on a cabinet bottom or floor 1 8 and are secured thereto by fastenings 19, so that the tracks 13 and 14 are disposed in spaced apart parallel relation to one another and with the flanges 15 and 16 thereof projecting inwardly from the walls 17, as best seen in FIG. 5. The flanges 15 are substantially wider than the flanges 16 and the fastenings 19 engage therethrough remote from the walls 17.

Forward ends of the tracks 13 and 14 are disposed adjacent an opening 20 in a front wall 21 of the cabinet 22. As best seen in FIGS. 3, 4, 7 and 9, the top rail 16 of each track has a struck out downwardly extending portion 23, forming a stop as will hereinafter be described. The stops 23 are located nearer the forward ends than the rear ends of the track. Each top rail -16 has a second struck out portion 24 disposed between the stop 23 and the forward end of the track and which extends downwardly and rearwardly at an incline to adjacent the bottom flange 15, to form a ramp and an opening 25 in the top rail, for a purpose which will hereinafter be described. A roller 26 is journaled on a stub shaft 27 which is supported by the wall 17 of each track. The rollers 26 are thus disposed on the outer sides of the walls 17, and extend substantially above the level top rails 16 and are located at the forward ends of the tracks and forwardly of the ramps 24.

The tray 11, which is of substantially the same length as the tracks 13 and 14, as seen in FIGS. 3 and 4, includes a bottom 28 which extends from end to end thereof and which has upwardly ofiset corresponding side edge portions 29 which are disposed above and substantially parallel to an intermediate portion of the bottom and which are connected thereto by upwardly and outwardly inclined portions 30. The tray 11 includes side walls 31 which extend upwardly from the outer edges of the portions 29 and which are disposed at right angles thereto, and a front wall 32 which extends across the forward end of the tray between forward ends of the side walls 31. As best seen in FIGS. 2, 5, 7 and 8, the tray portions 29 and 30 extend from the front wall 32 to adjacent the rear end of the bottom 28. Beyond the rear ends of said portions 29 and 30, the tray 11 has downwardly extending substantially parallel extensions 33 which are struck out from the bottom 28. Each of the extensions 33 supports a stub shaft 34 on which is journaled a roller 35. The rollers 35 are disposed on the outer sides of the extensions 33, spaced apart a proper distance to engage the tracks 13 and 14 between the flanges and 16 thereof and outwardly with respect to the fastenings 19, as seen in FIG. 5.

The rack 12 includes a pair of front uprights or posts 36 and a pair of rear uprights or posts 37. Each of the posts 36 and 37 is of right angular shape in cross section, as seen in FIG. 2. The lower ends of the front posts 36 are secured in the front corners of the tray 11 by fastenings 38 and the lower ends of the rear posts 37 are secured to the side walls 31 by additional fastenings 38 and are located nearer the rear end than the forward end of the tray 11 and between said side walls 31. The ports 36 extend to above the level of the posts 37. The rack 12 includes side braces 39 which extend between the longitudinally aligned front and rear posts 36 and 37 and which are connected thereto by additional fastenings 38, with the braces 39 preferably being secured to the upper ends of the rear posts 37. Diagonal braces 40 extend between the connections of the members 39 to the posts 36 and the connections of the rear posts 37 to the walls 31 and are secured to the posts 36 and 37 by the fastenings 38 located at said points. A cross brace 41 extends between the rear posts 37 and is connected thereto by fastenings 42 which additionally attach inturned ends 43 of a substantially U-shaped bail 44 to the posts 37, for positioning said bail rearwardly of the posts 37 and above the rear portion of the bottom 28. The posts 37, as seen in FIG. 3, are provided with vertically spaced openings 45 for selectively receiving the fastenings 42 for mounting the cross brace 41 and hail 44 at different levels above the tray '11. The front posts 36 are secured by fastenings 46 to the inner side of a panel 47 which forms a closure for the opening when the holder 10 is in a fully retracted position, as seen in FIG. 2, with all the parts thereof housed within the compartment 48 of the cabinet 22.

A Waste basket or receptacle 49 is detachably supported on the bottom 28 within the rack 12, between the four corner posts 36 and 37, and a small open top receptacle 50 is embraced by the bail 44 and is supported on the rear part of the bottom 28. The receptacle 50 is adapted to hold spare bags to be used for lining the waste receptacle 49.

When it is desired to apply trash or garbage to the receptacle 49, the knob 51 of the closure 47 is grasped for pulling the tray 11 and rack 12 outwardly from the closed position of said parts, as seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, to an open position thereof, as seen in full lines in FIG. 1. The two fiat edge portions 29 of the bottom of the tray engage and ride on the rollers 26 and, during the initial movement of the tray 11 outwardly from its position of FIGS. 2 and 3, the rollers carried by the tray 11, ride on the bottom rails 15. At some point in the outward travel of the tray 11 from its position of FIGS. 3 and 4, depending upon the weight of the contents of the receptacle 49, and before the rollers 35 reach the abutments 23, the tray and parts supported thereby will rock slightly in a counterclockwise direction, as seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, about the rollers 26 as a fulcrum to cause the rollers 35 to swing upwardly slightly and into engagement with the undersides of the top rails 16 against which said rollers 35 thereafter engage. The rollers 35 will strike the abutments 23, upon reaching their dotted line positions of FIG. 4, to interrupt further outward movement of the tray 11 until an upward force is exerted on the knob 51 to rock the tray clockwise about the transversely aligned rollers 26 to swing the rollers 35 downwardly and 'back into engagement with the bottom rails 15, so that said rollers may then pass under the stops 23. The rollers 35 are shown in FIG. 1, after having passed under the stops 23 and while still in engagement with the bot tom rails 15, and in this position of the tray 11 and rack 12, the receptacle 49 is in an exposed position outwardly with respect to the front cabinet wall 21, so that waste material can be deposited within said receptacle, after which the panel 47 can be pushed inwardly to return the tray 11, rack 12 and parts supported thereby to their stored positions of FIGS. 2, 3 and 4.

If it is desired to remove the contents from the receptacle 49 and to place another liner bag therein from the receptacle 50, the tray and rack may be pulled outwardly from their full line positions of FIG. 1 to their dotted line positions. In the dotted line positions of the parts, the rollers 35 have engaged and ridden part way up the ramps 24 and the tray is rocked further in a counterclockwise direction so that the front edge of the panel 47 may rest upon the floor 52. From this dotted line position, the rollers 35 may pass upwardly through the openings 25 by lifting upwardly on the rear end of the tray, for completely detaching the tray and rack from the tracks, and the afterdescribed operation can be reversed for applying the tray to the tracks.

The bottom portions 30 are inclined upwardly and outwardly so as not to rub on the rollers 26 and obstruct movement of the tray 11 thereon.

The tray 11, rack 12 and tracks 13 and 14 are preferably formed of sixteen gauge sheet metal.

While the holder 10 is primarily adapted for use in a kitchen cabinet, it will be readily apparent that it can be applied to cabinets located elsewhere, as ina bathroom or utility room.

Various modifications and changes are contemplated and may obviously be resorted to, without departing from the function or scope of the invention.

I claim as my invention:

1. A waste basket holder comprising a pair of tracks adapted to be secured in a cabinet in spaced apart parallel relation to one another and in alignment with an access opening of the cabinet, each of said tracks including a bottom rail and a top rail, said tracks having forward ends located adjacent said access opening, rollers journaled on said tracks in transverse alignment with one another and adjacent to said forward ends, said rollers extending above said top rails, an elongated tray having a forward end and a rear end, a pair of rollers carried by and disposed beneath the rear end of the tray and in transverse alignment with one another and positioned for engagement in said tracks, said tray including a bottom having side edge portions engaging on the track rollers, a rack supported by and extending upwardly from said tray and adapted to embrace a waste receptacle supported by said tray, said tray rollers engaging said bottom rails for supporting the rear end of the tray in its retracted position within the cabinet and during its initial travel toward an extended position outwardly through the access opening, said tray and rack fulcruming about the track rollers during travel thereof toward and extended position for causing the rear end of the tray to be elevated whereby the tray rollers will engage and roll on the undersides of said top rails.

2. A waste basket holder as in claim 1, at least one of said top rails having a depending stop positioned to be engaged by the roller of the track of said rail and after the rollers have been rocked upwardly and into engagement with the top rails for interrupting outward travel of the tray and rack in a partially extended position thereof.

3. A waste basket holder as in claim 2, said tray rollers being of a diameter sufficiently less than the spacing between the top and bottom rails whereby the tray and rack may be rocked on track rollers for swinging the tray rollers downwardly onto the bottom rails for movement beneath said stop and to a fully extended position.

4. A waste basket holder as in claim 3, said tracks having downwardly and rearwardly inclined ramps disposed to be engaged by the tray rollers as the tray and rack approach a fully extended position, said tray rollers riding upwardly on said ramps for elevating the rear end of the tray to cause the tray to assume a fully extended position inclined downwardly and outwardly from the cabinet.

5. A waste basket holder as in claim 4, said ramps constituting struck out portions of the top rails defining openings therein through which the tray rollers are movable for detaching the tray from the tracks.

6. A waste basket holder as in claim 1, said tracks having downwardly and rearwardly inclined ramps disposed to be engaged by the tray rollers as the tray and rack approach a fully extended position, said tray rollers riding upwardly on said ramps for elevating the rear end of the tray to cause the tray to assume a fully extended 6 position inclined downwardly and outwardly from the cabinet.

- 7. A waste basket holder as in claim 6, said ramps constituting struck out portions of the top rails defining openings therein through which the tray rollers are movable for detaching the tray from the tracks.

8. A waste basket holder as in claim 1, said side edge portions of the tray bottom being upwardly offset relative to an intermediate portion thereof and being connected to said intermediate portion by upwardly and outwardly inclined portions of the tray bottom.

9. A waste basket holder as in claim 1, each of said tracks including an outer side wall, and said top and bottom rails extending inwardly from said side walls.

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